Method and apparatus for producing high-frequency oscillating currents.



J. H. ROGERS.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BRODUGING HIGH FREQUENCY OSGILLATING CURRENTS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.20, 1910.

958,829. I Patnted May 24, 1910.

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METHOD AND ArrAnA'rus FOR PRODUCING. HIGHJREQUENGY oscI-Lm'rme cunmzn'rs I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 24, 1910.

Application filed January 20, 1910. Serial no.-5ss,962.

'Hyatts'v-ille, in the county of' Prince George and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful-Improvements in Methods.and Apparatus for Producing High- Frequency Oscillating Currents, of which 'the following is'a specification. 10'

My invention is in the nature of a new .method and apparatus for the" production of high frequency oscillating currents adapted for the generation of electro-magnetic waves for use in transmitting. in wireless telegraphy and telephony and in othenapplicationsn j A Amongthe instrumentalities employed for this pur ose is what is known as the singing arc towhich my inventionis only remotely related: Another means for pro- 'ducingsuch -w aves. comprises a condenser --whose opposlte plates are connected to the opposite circuit wires of a source of electromotive force, which opposite circuit wires are also connected to twoclqsely approximating electrode plates between which a thin strip. of paper is moved and which furnishes such unstable resistance between said plates as to 'alldw the" discharging of the condenser through; the same in rapid succession, such interruptionof the discharges furnishing oscillations in the primary of an induction coil to set up wafve' oscillation begs tween the poles of the secondary. My invention resembles this to some extent, but

provides a new methodand means for con trollin the condenser -discharge's;"" 'the metho v consisting in connecting thef-"electrodes by alimited and constantly supplied body of water or liquid of similar. electrical value astoconductlvity, preferably in the form of :a minute jet of water passing in constant motion from one electrode to the;

other, as hereinafter more fullydescribed with reference to the drawing, inwhich': r

Figure 1 is a view partly diagrammatic and partly mechanical, showing my in'yention.' 'l Fig.2 is an enlarged sectional view of the oscillation controlling electrodes, showing the connecting and constantly flowing jet of water, and Figs. 3and 4 are modifications.

In the drawingG is a source of electroproducing 500 volts."

generator capable of I A B are the opposite'circuit wiresbetween which is arranged a condenser G oflarge capacity, the opposite plates of which are respectively connected to the opposite cir- N, connected. respectively to the opposite wires. The upper electrode E is mounted on trunnions e 1n the fork of a lever' L pivoted at d and is drawn toward the other alined electrode'N by a light spring S having a regulating screw 8-.

' The electrode N is stationary and is con structed as a tube with a closed end, flatly abutting the lowenend of electrode E. Centrally in theend of the tubular'electfodeN is a minuteissue orifice a, see Fig. 2, about the size of a pin hole. This electrode N is of metal and. is connected by a rubber pipe R witha water pipe P which.may be the service pipe of a city system or apipe'com nected with any suitable elevated reservoir,

or reservo r under-air pressure. A valve V- in the pipeP, or other suitable means, is provided for regulating the force with which the jet of water issues and cutting off the same. p

In one of theciicuit wires, as A, is interposed an induction coil I whose primary connects with the Wire A and whose secance of an unbalanced character that allows the condenser C to rapidlydischarge through ,the-jet and. thus produce such rapid interruption as to setup in the "s ark gap Wave oscillations of enormous adapted for wireless transmlssion. The ten- ,ondary is connected to the spark ga termi- SlOIl of spring S is so adjusted by screw 8 that the force of the jet will lift the upper electrode sufliciently to produce the .necessary series-of dischargesofthe condenser, and if the distance between the electrodesbe Held constant, by varying the force of the jet through the valve the frequency, ofthe oscillations isvarie d; the greater the-water pressure of the jet, the higher the frequency.

There is no are formed in this invention, but merely a constantly alternating condition of conductivity and resistance in the jet that allows the condenser to charge and discharge with exceeding rapidity. As an additional function of thejet it will be seen that it serves to keep the electrodes cool.

I am aware that discharges have been made between electrodes submerged in the quiescent liquid of an electrolyte, and. I- am also aware that electrodes have been cooled by a circulation of water within the same and that a moving body of steam has also been passed between electrodes in the formation of what is known as the singing arc, and I make no claim to any such methods. In my invention there is no singing are, but the electrodes are connected by a minute moving jet of water issuing from one electrode and impinging against the other and varying the oscillations withthe varying pressure of the jet.

For the sake of snnplicity and clearness I have shown a simple induction coil in my system, but it will be understood that in the place of the induction coil may be used any arrangement of circuit or circuits for wireless communication.

, Instead of a jet of water,.I may employ as modifications any moving body of water or similar liquid of limited area possessing the same electrical values as to conductivity and resistance. In Fig. 3 a wick to drawing water constantly by capillary action from a subjaccnt reservoir of water may be employed, the wick being interposed between the terminals of the electrodes; or, as in Fig. 4, two rotating wheels m-y may be em ployed as electrodes, the lower one a: running in a body of water and carrying up a superficial film of water through which the discharges are made from one wheel to the other. Many other means may be employed,

the essential, ,feature being that a limited body of a liquid, such as water, shall be con tlnuously fed between the electrodes, the

limited amount of such liq'uid serving to produce the unbalanced conditions of alter- .nate conductivity and resistance necessary toproduce the discharges, and the continuous supply or feed of the same serving to provide for the constant renewal of the same to compensate for the loss incident to the sputtermg volatilization'of the liquid and the probable disruption of the same into its detached molecules or constituent elements.

I claim: I 1. The method of producing high fre quency oscillating currents, which consistsin regulating the discharges of a condenser between two electrodes by continuously feed= ing a small body of liquid of relatively low conductivity, in liquid form, between the electrodes to produce an unbalanced conditioli" of conductivity and resistance.

2. The method of producing high frequency oscillating currents, which consists in regulating the discharges of a condenser between two electrodes by continuously feeding a small body of water in liquid form between the two to produce an unbalanced condition of conductivity and resistance.

3. The method of producing highfrequency oscillating currents, which consists in regulating the discharges of a condenser between two electrodes by continuously passing a ct of water from one electrode to the other.

4:, The method of producing high frequency oscillating currents, which consists in regulating the discharges of a condenser between two electrodes by a constantly mov ing jet of water. extending from one electrode to the other, and varying the frequency by varying the hydrostatic pressure of the jet. 7

5. The method of producing high frequency oscillating currents, which consists in regulating the discharges of a condenser between two electrodes by a constantly moving jet of water extending from one electrode to the other, said jet bein of a fine ness'ad'apted to establish an unbzdanced condition of conductivity and resistance for the condenser.

6. The method of producing high frequency oscillating currents, which consists in regulating the discharges of a condenser between two electrodes by a constantly moving jet of water extending from one electrode to the other, and varying the frequency by varying the hydrostatic pressure of the jet, said jet being of a fineness adapted to tivity and resistance for the condenser.

7. An apparatus for producing high frequency oscillating currents, comprising an electric circuit, a condenser having its opposite plates connected to the opposite branches of the circuit, and two electrodes connected respectively with the two branches of the circuit, one of said electrodes being provided with a small issue orifice opposite the other electrode to produce a connecting jet anda water supply pipe.

8. *An apparatus for producing high frequenc oscillating currents, comprising an electrlc circuit, a condenser having its opposite plates connectedto the opposite branches of the circuit, and two electrodes connected respectively with the two branches of the circuit, one of said electrodes being provided with a small issue orifice opposite the other electrode to produce a connecting jetand a water s pply pipe, and means for regulating the pressure and force of the jet.

9. An apparatus for producing high frequency oscillating currents, comprising an establish an unbalanced condition of eonduc- Y of the circuit, and two electrodes connected respectively with the two branches of the circuit, one of said electrodes being provided with a small issue orific'e opposite the other electrode to produce a connecting jet and a water supply pipe, and said other electrode being yieldingly mounted.

1.0. An apparatus for producing high frequency oscillating currents, comprising an electric circuit,'a condenser having its opposite plates connected to the opposite branches of the circuit and two electrodes connected respectively with the two branches of the circuit, one of said electrodes being provided with a small issue orifice opposite the other electrode to produce a connectin jet and a Water supply pipe, and an in uction coil having its primary in the circuit and its seclondary provided with spark gap termina s. In testimony Whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES H. ROGERS. Witnesses:

J. MIDDLETON, SoLoN C. KEMON. 

